Improvement in shifting carriage-tops



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ORSON n. MALLORY, OF' BATAVIA, rNew YORK.

Letters .Patent No. 106,947, dated August 30, 1870. -i

IMPROVEMENT IN SHIFTIG- CARRIAGE-TOPS.

The Schedule referred to -in these Lettersv Patent and making part of the same.

To all whomt't may concern Be it known that I, ORSON E. MAnnoeY, of Batavia, in the countyof Genesee and State of New York,

have invented a new and useful Improvement in Movable Wagon-Tops; and I do' l|ereby declare the following to he' a full, clear, and exact description thereof, sufficient to enable others skilled in the artto which `my invention appcrtains to fully understand and construct the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawing which makes part of this specification, and in whichwagon-top, for which Letters Patent were granted me on the 28th day of June, 1870, and lit consists in n'xaking a movable wagon or, carriage-top entirely detachable, when the same is constructed so as to slide horizontally forward or backward over the seat.

In the drawing- A may represent a wagon or buggy-seat.

B are the side-rails, resting with their rear parts o n standards C, provided with loops c, in which the slidebarsD, carrying the top, slide, the forward ends of these slide-bars being provided with loops d, which clasp over 'the side-rails B, sliding freelyon them.

E is'tbe rear bar of the top-carrying frame, connecting the rear ends of the slide-bars D, and carrying near each end a short lever, F, which swings. freely around bar E.

These levers F are pivoted to the end of cranklevers G, formed on or forming part of the revolving bar H, which latter rests in standards I.

One of the crank-levers G is outwardly extended to form a lever-handle, J,`which, when moved for# ward, may be secured by a spring-catch, K, suitably attached to the seat.

When the lever-handle is'moved forward, the whole top-carrying flame slides forw'ard on the side-mils B,

and when it is moved back, the frame slides back.

I have so far described the parts which constitute the invention for which Letters Patent were granted me,` dated June 2S, 187 0,. In that patent thetop of the carriage was not detachable, but was merely made ,to slide horizontally forward and backward. My present im rovement consists in making this top removable, aul I will now proceed to describe the means by which this is accomplished.

Instead ot' forming loops on the standards I, in which the baixH revolves, Iconstruct the bearings for thc latter by bending the standards, or otherwise .construct them so as to form loops open one side, as shown at e, into which loops thc bar H is placed, and

held in vplace by means of pivoted lugs f. When these lugs are turned down, the bar H can be readily removedfrom the standards.

, The loops c, on standards C, have, on.their upper part a slot, g, corresponding in length and width with square portions h., at the inner end of slide-bars D,

and the loops 1,011 the. slide-bars D, have similar slots, e', on their-under sides, corresponding with square portions j on the side-rails B, which square portions j extend from the standards C inwardly. l

It will be readily understood that, when the bar-'H has been detached, as above'descrih'ed, and thetop` `carrying frame been pushed backward as far as possible, the -loops c d will exactly cover the square portions 71. j respectively', (see tig. 3.) By now merely raising the top-carrying frame up squarely, the loops d will pass upwardly over the square portions j on the side-rails B', while the square portions It on the slidebars D pass upwardly out from loops c, on standards C, thus completely detaching the vtop from the seat.

Having thus described my invention,

What I claim as new, and desire to secure by .Letters Patent, is-

l. A movable wagon or carriage-top sliding horizontally over the seat, when made detachable, substantially inthe manner herein described'.

2. The combination of the slotted loops c d, and square portions h j on the 'standards G and slide-bar D respectively, with the bent standards I and lugs f, substantially as and for thepurpose described.

' 0. E. MALLORY.

Witnesses:

R. F. THoMPsos, W. T. Bmss. 

